AUTOMOBILE WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL SHIFT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent any interference of a lower end part of a shift lever fitting member when a leg is moved to a passenger's seat side for a driver to move from a driver's seat to the passenger's seat side. SOLUTION: An upper end part of a shift lever fitting plate (a shift lever fitting member) 6 is fixed to a steering beam 5. A middle part of a shift lever 6 is connected and fixed to a toe board 1a of a body 1 via a connection member 7. A lower end part of the shift lever fitting plate 6 is separated upwardly from a floor part 1b of the body 1, and a space S through which a foot part at least below an ankle can be passed in the right-to-left direction is formed between the lower end of the shift lever fitting plate 6 and the floor part 1b. A base part 8a of a shift lever unit 8 having a shift lever 8b is fitted to the shift lever fitting plate 6. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO